The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2019, Rock Werchter 2022, Rock Werchter 2024, Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2012
- Albums
- FUDGE 2026
- Small Changes 2024
- KIWANUKA 2019
- Spotify Sessions 2016
- Love & Hate 2016
- New album
- FUDGE · 23/10/2026
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 33
- 2024 49
- 2023 0
- 2022 47
- 2021 2
- 2019 46
- 2018 0
- 2017 76
- 2016 77
- 2015 20
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 3 nummers, hoogste #12 (Cold Little Heart)
- in the list since 2019, 7 years
- per song
- Discogs
- 30,981 times in a collection
- 7,131 on a wishlist
- 18 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Home Again 2012 · 7.328
- Love & Hate 2016 · 12.872
- Out Loud! 2018 · 2.233
- Kiwanuka 2019 · 2.166
- Small Changes 2024 · 2.422
- Biggest own venue
- Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ±16.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Studio Brussel 80 2.7 a day BBC Radio 6 Music 67 2.2 a day VRT Radio 1 42 1.4 a day egoFM 21 0.7 a day BBC Radio 1 20 0.7 a day Willy 8 0.3 a day KEXP 7 0.2 a day Radio X 2 0.1 a day Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 935 5,9 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 582 5,3 per week since Oct 2024 BBC Radio 1 249 1,6 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 228 1,4 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 165 1,6 per week since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 88 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 50 5,3 per week since Sep 2026 KINK 33 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 - Similar to
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De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Little Heart | 2016 | 7 (2019–2025) | #12 | #10 (2024) | #307 (2019) |
| Love & Hate | 2016 | 5 (2021–2025) | #413 | #402 (2024) | #1591 (2021) |
| Home Again | 2012 | 4 (2022–2025) | #574 | #574 (2025) | #1703 (2022) |
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUDGE | 2026 | – | – | – | – |
| Small Changes | 2024 | #5 (18 wk) | #2 (7 wk) | – | 2.422 |
| KIWANUKA | 2019 | #4 (64 wk) | #6 (10 wk) | – | 2.166 |
| Love & Hate | 2016 | #9 (114 wk) | #8 (12 wk) | – | 12.872 |
| Home Again | 2012 | #2 (38 wk) | #1 (36 wk) | – | 7.328 |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Again (Deluxe Dutch Edition) | 2012 | – | #67 (6 wk) | – |
Discogs: 30,981 times in a collection. 7,131 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Michael Kiwanuka compared with other countries?
Bigger in the Netherlands and Belgium than you would expect.
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2019 | 26 | B | 26 / 52 | 37 | 18 | 31 | 22 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2022 | 36 | B | 28 / 83 | 48 | 31 | 43 | 36 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 34 | B | 21 / 94 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 36 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | 47 | A | 1 / 85 | 24 | 44 | 50 | 40 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 3): Rood stof | Dansende Beren | 16/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 4): Sterren tellen | Dansende Beren | 08/07/2024 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2022 | Rock Werchter 2022 (Festivaldag 4): Fonkelend richting ontknoping | Dansende Beren | 04/07/2022 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Sunday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ●01/03/2025 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●26/02/2025 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ●24/02/2025 · Amare Concertzaal, The Hague
- ▲Sunday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Sunday, July 2022 · Rock Werchter
32 earlier dates
- ●09/07/2022 · Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ●26/11/2019 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ●24/11/2019 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●03/08/2019 · Abbaye de Floreffe, Floreffe
- ▲Monday, June 2019 · Pinkpop
- ●09/06/2019 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●07/07/2017 · Minnewaterpark, Bruges
- ●26/11/2016 · De Doelen, Rotterdam
- ●25/11/2016 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●24/11/2016 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●03/11/2016 · Trix, Borgerhout
- ●07/08/2016 · Terrein Dikkebusstraat, Dranouter
- ●02/06/2016 · VRT TV Van Gils & Gasten, Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek
- ●23/03/2016 · People's Place, Amsterdam
- ●10/11/2015 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●08/11/2015 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●07/11/2015 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●20/08/2015 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●18/07/2014 · de Bijloke, Ghent
- ●06/07/2014 · Gashouder Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
- ●13/07/2013 · Minnewaterpark, Bruges
- ●25/11/2012 · De Doelen, Rotterdam
- ●24/11/2012 · Tivoli, Utrecht
- ●23/11/2012 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●04/11/2012 · Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
- ●07/07/2012 · BNN Studios, Hilversum
- ●06/07/2012 · Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ●30/04/2012 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●29/04/2012 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●29/02/2012 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●20/11/2011 · De Doelen, Rotterdam
- ●17/11/2011 · Witloof Bar, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Cold Little Heart 95 · Summer Clothes 61 · One More Night 55 · Home Again 34 · You Ain't The Problem 21 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Summer Clothes 35 · To Some Degree 13 · Just Another Moment 2 · Across The Sky 2 · Drowning In Your Heart 2 |
| Willy | Belgium | Light 43 · Floating Parade 40 · The Rest Of Me 37 · Home Again 3 · Cold Little Heart 2 |
| BBC Radio 1 | United Kingdom | Summer Clothes 6 · You Could Be The Sun, I Could Be The Moon 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Summer Clothes 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Floating Parade 1 |
| France Inter | France | California 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Love & Hate 10 · Hero 9 · Lotus 9 · One More Night 8 · You Ain't The Problem 8 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | Home Again 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Just Another Moment 10 |